The Academy of Finance is a nonprofit organization
whose basic purpose is the development and recognition of individual
efforts in the field of finance and insurance.

The Academy of Finance (AOF) is one of the twelve professional
divisions of the Midwest Business Administration Association (MBAA).
The MBAA annual meetings have been held in Chicago, IL each spring since
is foundation March 16, 1990. The original name of the organization was
the Midwest Academy of Finance and Insurance which was shortened to The
Academy of Finance in 2001. AOF is the sponsoring organization of the
Journal of Finance Issues (JOFI). The original name of the publication
was the Midwest Review of Finance and Insurance.

Editor of the Proceedings of the Annual
meeting of the Academy of Finance: Thomas M. Krueger,
Professor of Finance, Chair of the Accounting & Finance Department, CBA
Director of Research Texas A&M University - Kingsville, 241 Business
Building MSC 184 700 University Boulevard Kingsville, TX 78363; Tel:
361-593-3787 email